The Early Change in PaCO2 after Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Initiation Is Associated with Neurological Complications
In patients receiving ECMO for respiratory failure, a large relative decrease in PaCO2 in the first 24 hours after ECMO initiation is independently associated with an increased incidence of neurological complications.
Can Upper Extremity (Deltoid) Near Infrared Spectroscopy be Used to Assess Cerebral Tissue Bed Saturation on Femorally Cannulated Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Patients?
The use of upper extremity (peripheral deltoid) tissue monitoring does not provide adequate correlation and should not be used as a surrogate to cerebral monitoring.
Intracranial Hemorrhage on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: An International Survey
Considering the important management implications reported by most centers when intracranial hemorrhage is diagnosed, perhaps clinicians should consider widening their indications for early neuroimaging.
Consider Heightened Awareness of Propofol Infusion Syndrome after Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Decannulation
The authors describe an interesting case of propofol infusion syndrome developing in a patient who was recently decannulated from VA ECMO.
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support: Focus on Airway Management, Vasopressor Selection, and Rescue Therapy with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
It remains essential that the evidence and guidelines surrounding cardiac arrest in our patient populations be familiar to us all.
Brain Injury and Neurologic Outcome in Patients Undergoing Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Further research on assessing predictors of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation-associated brain injury is necessary.
Association Between Arterial Carbon Dioxide Tension and Clinical Outcomes in Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Initial arterial carbon dioxide tension tension was independently associated with mortality in this cohort of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation patients.
Hematologic Concerns in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
This review aims to broadly introduce modern ECMO practices, circuit designs, circuit materials, hematologic complications, transfusion‐related considerations, age‐ and size‐related differences, and considerations for choosing outcome measures.
Has Venoarterial Ecmo Been Underutilized in Covid-19 Patients?
This outbreak of infectious disease could enable an improved understanding of ARDS and a more precise use of therapeutics as ECMO and different configurations with a tailor-made treatment.
How I Approach Weaning from Venoarterial Ecmo
In this article, we review our standardized approach to VA-ECMO weaning in adult patients.
American Experience with Extracorporeal Support in Covid-19 Patients: Early Outcomes from a Single Institution
As the world learned about Covid-19, the application of ECMO also evolved as health systems in the United States had some time to prepare. We report our initial experience using extracorporeal support for Covid-19 patients with the resource challenges that attend a worldwide pandemic.
The role of ECMO in COVID-19: Can it Provide Rescue Therapy in Those Who Are Critically Ill?
Our understanding of COVID‐19 is ever‐changing and the need for intensive care beds is rising, which means that ECMO will surely play a key role in the near future.